By David Wright, CNN

(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he regretted using the word “apartheid” to describe the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians, though he warned “that’s a word you may hear others use” if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes for territorial gains.

Newsom made the initial remark during a live appearance on “Pod Save America” earlier this month, while discussing the backlash to Israel over its military operations in Gaza. The governor cited New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and others who Newsom said were “talking about it appropriately as sort of an apartheid state.”

Many in the Democratic Party have distanced themselves in recent months from the Israeli government and allied groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. But Newsom, a top potential contender for the 2028 nomination, drew attention for suggesting Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in territories it has controlled since 1967 amounted to “apartheid” – a claim Israel strongly rejects.

“Do you regret using the word apartheid to describe Israel?” asked Jonathan Martin of Politico in an interview published Tuesday.

“I do, in this context,” Newsom said, pointing to the February piece by Friedman, who wrote that “Israel by default could become some kind of apartheid-like state in permanent control over the 2.5 million Palestinians.”

“Tom used it in the context of the direction that Bibi is going,” Newsom said.

“Not the current state?” Martin interjected.

“Correct,” Newsom responded. “And that is a legitimate concern I have that I share with Tom, that that direction, if that vision and that direction of the far right, that Bibi is indulging, that if they see the full annexation of the West Bank, then that’s not something – that’s a word you may hear others use.”

The subject came up during a lightning-round section of a sprawling interview when Martin began by asking Newsom if he considered himself a “Zionist.”

“I revere the state of Israel. I’m proud to support the state of Israel,” Newsom said. “I deeply, deeply oppose Bibi Netanyahu’s leadership, his opposition to the two-state solution. And deeply oppose how he is indulging the far right as it relates to what’s going on in the West Bank.”

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La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció este martes que una delegación de diplomáticos viajará esta semana a Estados Unidos, sin precisar la fecha, para avanzar en el inicio de las relaciones bilaterales.

“Esta semana estará partiendo para Washington la delegación de diplomáticos que va a asumir el inicio de esta nueva etapa de relaciones y diálogo diplomático, político, entre nuestros Gobiernos”, declaró Rodríguez durante un encuentro con inversionistas, transmitido por el canal estatal Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).

La líder chavista también le dijo a los invitados que espera que vuelvan pronto y puedan “avanzar con cosas más concretas”.

Rodríguez reiteró su petición al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, para que cesen las sanciones contra Venezuela. “Le hemos pedido al presidente Trump para los inversionistas, no solamente para Venezuela, que no haya sanciones contra Venezuela, contra su economía”, subrayó la presidenta encargada.

CNN consultó al Departamento de Estado sobre este encuentro anunciado y está a la espera de respuesta.

A inicios de mes, Caracas y Washington acordaron formalmente restablecer sus lazos diplomáticos, que estaban rotos desde principios de 2019.

Ambos gobiernos han avanzado en sus coordinaciones desde que un operativo militar estadounidense capturó en Caracas en enero al presidente Nicolás Maduro y su esposa, quienes tienen una audiencia judicial prevista para este jueves.

A mediados de marzo, el Gobierno de Trump notificó a la Justicia de EE.UU. sobre el reconocimiento oficial de Rodríguez como gobernante de Venezuela, una medida que la mandataria encargada agradeció: “No es el reconocimiento a una persona ni a un gobierno, es el reconocimiento a un país y que ese país pueda recuperar su vida, pueda respirar”.

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(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former First Lady of the United States Betty Ford.

Personal:
Birth date: April 8, 1918

Death date: July 8, 2011

Birth name: Elizabeth Anne Bloomer

Birth place: Chicago, Illinois

Father: William Bloomer, a salesman

Mother: Hortense (Neahr) Bloomer

Marriages: William Warren (1942-1947, divorced); Gerald Ford (October 15, 1948-December 26, 2006, his death)

Children: with Gerald Ford: Michael, March 14, 1950; John, March 16, 1952; Steven, May 19, 1956; Susan, July 6, 1957

Other Facts:
After graduating high school, she attended the Bennington School of the Dance in Vermont.

Lobbied for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Timeline:
1926 – Begins taking dance lessons.

1939 – Moves to New York City to study dance at the Martha Graham School.

1941 – Moves back to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she grew up. Works for Herpolsheimer’s department store and teaches dance classes.

1948 – Marries Gerald Ford in the middle of his campaign for representative of Michigan’s Fifth District in the US House of Representatives.

October 1973 – Spiro T. Agnew resigns as vice president of the United States, and Gerald Ford is nominated to take his place.

December 6, 1973 – Gerald Ford is sworn in as vice president.

August 9, 1974 – Becomes First Lady of the United States after President Richard Nixon resigns, and her husband is sworn in as the 38th president of the United States.

September 1974 – Is diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoes surgery. Afterwards, openly discusses the disease and treatment.

1975 – Appears on “60 Minutes” and discusses abortion, pre-marital sex and marijuana.

April 11, 1978 – Enters Long Beach Naval Hospital for treatment of alcohol and prescription painkiller abuse.

1978 – Her autobiography, “The Times of My Life,” is released.

1982 – Along with Leonard Firestone, opens The Betty Ford Center for the treatment of addiction, in Rancho Mirage, California. Ford is named chairman of the board of the center.

1983 – Is given the Komen Foundation Award for support of breast cancer education. The award is later renamed the Betty Ford Award.

1987 – Her second autobiography, “Betty: A Glad Awakening,” is released.

November 18, 1991 – Is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H.W. Bush.

October 27, 1999 – The Congressional Gold Medal is awarded to President and Mrs. Ford.

2005 – Steps down as chairman of the board for The Betty Ford Center.

December 26, 2006 – President Ford dies.

July 8, 2011 – Dies at age 93.

July 14, 2011 – Is interred next